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"word": "pallo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bille"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ball",
"word": "flippergolyó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ball",
"word": "golyó"
}
],
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"pinball"
],
"word": "pinball"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs"
],
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"2": "pin",
"3": "ball"
},
"expansion": "pin + ball",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pin + ball.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pinballs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pinballing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "pinballed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "pinballed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "pinball (third-person singular simple present pinballs, present participle pinballing, simple past and past participle pinballed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "bagatelle"
},
{
"word": "pachinko"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1996, Peter Applebome, Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture",
"text": "Like most immigrants, Gibbs came South for economic reasons and soon found himself pinballing around a world circumscribed by the hot growth markets...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, David Baldacci, Hour Game",
"text": "They went off the road and pinballed alongside a stretch of guardrail as the Bambis scattered.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To dart about rapidly."
],
"links": [
[
"dart",
"dart"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To dart about rapidly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɪnˌbɔːl/"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pinball.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pinball.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pinball.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pinball.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dart about rapidly",
"word": "singahdella"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pinball"
],
"word": "pinball"
}
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